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This is one legal view of the ACC - ESPN contract that indicates it may be tough for the ACC to get more money out of ESPN. However, depending on ESPN's desire to help the ACC which has more content on ESPN than any other conference whether it be pro ball of any kind or another college conference, may infact help with Swofford's desire to revisit the present deal in some way(as mentioned in previous post under different heading).
The bottom line from this legal view is that the ACC did not get a bad deal. In fact, if we now look at the BE looking at perhaps a 50% less contract than a year ago; and CBS indicating that are not in a mood to give the SEC much more money, The ACC contract may be looking better every day particularly with its 5 and 10 year look in. And do not forget that Swofford and the ACC had numerous media consultants that helped with the negotiation and valuation. So it was not just a Swofford decision. A legal view can be found here:
http://atleagle.blogspot.com/2012/05/tv-rights-q-with-sports-lawyer-timothy.html
The bottom line from this legal view is that the ACC did not get a bad deal. In fact, if we now look at the BE looking at perhaps a 50% less contract than a year ago; and CBS indicating that are not in a mood to give the SEC much more money, The ACC contract may be looking better every day particularly with its 5 and 10 year look in. And do not forget that Swofford and the ACC had numerous media consultants that helped with the negotiation and valuation. So it was not just a Swofford decision. A legal view can be found here:
http://atleagle.blogspot.com/2012/05/tv-rights-q-with-sports-lawyer-timothy.html